Formalism and bureaucracy are twin brothers, and the concept of bureaucracy will inevitably lead to the germination of formalism. "If you are good in the world, you will be embarrassed." In some places, formalism, such as many energy-consuming meetings and articles, many complicated inspections and reviews, and superficial trace management, has been repeatedly banned, and even alienated into uploading screenshots of work scenes or recording videos with WeChat workgroups and government apps, rather than a new variety of actual job evaluation. Some grassroots cadres report that there are more account books, more account information, more WeChat work groups and more official WeChat accounts. Some township cadres have more than 30 WeChat groups, app and WeChat official accounts for poverty alleviation, party building and target assessment on their mobile phones. It is precisely because of the deep-rooted bureaucracy that the old face of formalism lingers and mutates into new varieties. For example, some engage in "responsibility dumping" and regard downward accountability as a "shield" to shirk responsibility; Some generalize the problem of "one-vote veto", sign "proof of responsibility" at every turn, and shift the responsibility to the grassroots in disguise; Some make the assessment indicators "roughly rough" and let the grassroots achieve the goal of "beyond reach" ... In response to the "focus" symptoms of formalism rebound, the Notice quantifies and clarifies the hard lever of surgical removal. However, these are just appearances, and the fundamental reason is to eradicate formalism "pathogen" bureaucracy.
To implement the spirit of the notice and win the tough battle to solve the problem of formalism, it is necessary to have certain necessary forms, such as meeting documents, but the necessary form is not formalism. It is necessary to prevent "wearing new shoes and taking the old road", use formalism to counter formalism, and solve formalism problems in the process of solving problems. Through the result orientation of "hearing is false, seeing is true", grassroots cadres can see the determination and will to solve formalism problems from the process of solving formalism problems, and truly enhance their sense of gain and satisfaction from effectively reducing burdens. How to solve the problem of formalism, in the final analysis, depends on whether the actual problem has been solved and how the masses evaluate it, not how many meetings have been held, how many articles have been published and how many ledgers have been left.
The purpose of solving the formalism problem that plagues the grassroots is to effectively reduce the burden on the grassroots. What is formalism at the grassroots level? How to reduce the burden quickly and effectively? What is the effect of reducing the burden? Grassroots cadres know best, and of course they should have the final say. Relying on grassroots cadres to solve formalism problems can not only make the problem more accurate, but also demonstrate the firm determination of the central government to unremittingly pay close attention to the construction of work style, and then encourage the broad masses of cadres to advocate hard work and be brave in taking responsibility by truly loosening the burden on the grassroots.